Published : 01-04-2021
Residents of AlSayeda Zeinab camp and adjacent areas have denounced the arbitrary closure of access roads, blocking their access to their schools and workplaces.
Recently, Syrian security forces have fenced off access roads to AlSayeda Zeinab with sand barriers and without prior notice.
Informed sources told AGPS that the closure was carried out under the security pretext.
Palestinian refugees and Syrian families taking shelter in the area continue to speak out against the arbitrary crackdowns and movement restrictions slapped by the Syrian regime against the residents.
UN data indicates that the camp was established on an area of 0.02 square kilometers in 1948, but the majority of the residents came in 1967. The inhabitants, who were displaced from the Quneitra Governorate in the Golan Heights during the 1967 Arab-Israeli conflict, sought refuge for the second time in their lives in the area. Most had originally fled to the Golan Heights in 1948 from nearby villages in northern Palestine.
Before the conflict in Syria, the camp was home to 23,700 Palestine refugees. The camp was affected by violent clashes that forced 40 per cent of the people to leave in late 2012.
Like other areas in Syria, displacement, unemployment, inflation, protection and security risks are among the major concerns shared not only by Palestine refugees but also Syrians alike during the ongoing conflict in Syria. The majority of Palestine refugees in AlSayeda Zeinab work as day laborers, government employees or vendors.
Residents of AlSayeda Zeinab camp and adjacent areas have denounced the arbitrary closure of access roads, blocking their access to their schools and workplaces.
Recently, Syrian security forces have fenced off access roads to AlSayeda Zeinab with sand barriers and without prior notice.
Informed sources told AGPS that the closure was carried out under the security pretext.
Palestinian refugees and Syrian families taking shelter in the area continue to speak out against the arbitrary crackdowns and movement restrictions slapped by the Syrian regime against the residents.
UN data indicates that the camp was established on an area of 0.02 square kilometers in 1948, but the majority of the residents came in 1967. The inhabitants, who were displaced from the Quneitra Governorate in the Golan Heights during the 1967 Arab-Israeli conflict, sought refuge for the second time in their lives in the area. Most had originally fled to the Golan Heights in 1948 from nearby villages in northern Palestine.
Before the conflict in Syria, the camp was home to 23,700 Palestine refugees. The camp was affected by violent clashes that forced 40 per cent of the people to leave in late 2012.
Like other areas in Syria, displacement, unemployment, inflation, protection and security risks are among the major concerns shared not only by Palestine refugees but also Syrians alike during the ongoing conflict in Syria. The majority of Palestine refugees in AlSayeda Zeinab work as day laborers, government employees or vendors.
